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Yuki sighed as she walked towards the Academy gates.

She was dressed in a white sweater that cut just below her shoulders with a thick dark blue thread woven in to keep it up, ending in a bow in front. Over she wore a slightly baggy, sleeveless purple dress who reached to her mid tight and low heeled, dark blue pumps.

Just the other day Ichijo had asked her to town and no one would forget his 'proposal' in a while, much to her chagrin and his delight.


Flashback


It was like every other day. School was over for the Day Class and the Night Class was heading for their lessons.

The fan girls who couldn't go a day without their beloved sempais had come, yet again, to the gates and was screaming their favorite Night Class members name at the top of their lungs, their voices carrying far into the Moon Dorm and even farther into the ears of the school prefects.

Yuki and Zero were yet again trying to control the crowd of Day Class students who were trying to get past the closed gate. As usual the gates opened, allowing the vampires access to the school and at the same time the girls' voices went even louder if it were possible.

But unlike any other day when Ichijo passed the prefects he surprised everyone by stopped in front of Yuki and slid down on one knee while taking one of her hands in his own.

The effect was instantaneous.

The Day Class had stopped speaking and was staring as though petrified as the display and the Night Class had turned back to look in surprise at Ichijo's little show.

"My dear prefect Yuki, would you do me the honor…" He stopped there to make a dramatic effect and to sneak a peek around. Yuki's face had frozen into an expression of shock, her eyes popping slightly and her mouth hanging open. The fan girls were looking in horror at them and, while the vampires didn't look any better, no one could top Kaname.

Ichijo would have sniggered if that wouldn't have ruined the whole thing.

He seemed to have frozen completely, but his usual indifferent mask was cracking. If everyone hadn't been too busy with gawking at him and Yuki they would have noticed the look of jealousy and hurt that was written all over his face. He actually looked like he was about to cry.

Taking pity in him, Takuma continued.

"… To go down to town shopping with me this weekend?" He ended cheerfully, making nearly everyone face palm and Yuki to return to normal while rolling her eyes.

"Sure." Yuki answered. "When and where do we meet?" Takuma smiled and said, "I'll tell you later tonight if you could wait for me until after class end." At her yes he rose from the ground, dusted of his pants and walked away while waving back at her.


Later that night when morning was in the horizon and the time for the Night Class to retreat to their dorm had come Yuki and Ichijo stayed behind while the rest of class was escorted back by Zero. Yuki noticed that Kaname-sempai seemed almost reluctant to leave the room and Takuma wondered silently if Kaname was actually contemplating whatever or not on listening in on their conversation.

"So when are we going to meet sempai?" Yuki asked curiously.

Takuma ruffled his hair and thought for a moment than offered, "What about we meet in front of the Academy gates at four after your classes are finished. That way we can look around to our heart's content and eat later. Does that sound good?" Yuki nodded and they headed to the Moon dorm where Yuki met up with Zero and walked back to the Chairman's.


End of Flashback


Each and every day since then Yuki had been constantly questioned by the Day Class girls if she and Ichijo-sempai were dating and such every time she stepped outside of the sanctuary of her dorm room.

The only ones who didn't make a fuss over it were Yori and (surprisingly) Zero who both knew that they were and would never be anything more than friends. Heck, even the Chairman was making a fuss over it.

Yuki had to wonder how he got all his information from as the guy knew pretty much everything about what was going on within the school.

The Chairman had known and given her and Ichijo-sempai permission before to go to town so she had wondered why he called her to his office the day after and began to cry about how his 'cute little baby girl' was growing up and leaving the nest. He did give them permission this time as well though so Yuki believed that he just wanted an excuse to bawl on her.

So now she was at the gates although there was no sight of sempai. So she waited.


Takuma was almost a little stressed. It was almost time for him to meet Yuki and he wasn't even dressed yet.

Since noon Kaname had seen it fit to give him a ridiculous amount of vice-presidential chores, ranging from talking to the chief maid to doing all the paperwork to examine the ENTIRE dormitory for any kind of dirt.

He knew Kaname wished to stop him from meeting with Yuki, but Takuma had to wonder how a simple crush could make him do something as weird as this.

After he was finally finished with the last chore Takuma looked at the clock and discovered to his horror that he was supposed to have met with Yuki almost five minutes ago. Running at full speed to his room to throw on some clothes he accidentally woke Shiki while opening his drawers and put on a dark blue shirt with a forest green sweater over and dark gray slacks. He almost forgot to put on his shoes when he saw that he was now ten minutes to late and prayed that Yuki wasn't mad at him for making her wait.

'I can no longer be called a gentleman.' Takuma thought sadly as he ran out of the dorm, probably waking everyone within, and towards their agreed meeting place.

As he closed in on the gates and saw the petite figure waiting he waved a hand back and forth and called, "YUKI-CHAN!" Said girl turned towards the voice and smiled, calling back, "WHAT KEPT YOU?"

Takuma came to a stop before her and took a breath before answering, "Dorm chores. As the vice-president I have to listen to the orders from the president and Kaname seemed to be on a roll today so…"

Yuki sighed and said, "Kuran-sempai can be mean sometimes, can't he?" Ichijo chuckled and told her lightly, "He has his moments, but then again who hasn't? He can be very kind though or else I wouldn't have been friends with him." Yuki nodded to this as it did fit Ichijo's personality. He wasn't someone who would let a lot of people push him around.

As they walked to town they talked about the Day and Night Classes, the Chairman and then where they were going first. "I thought we could head to the bookstore first as there are some new mangas I want to have a look at." Yuki nodded and they continued chatting.

When they arrived they headed to the bookstore and Ichijo rushed to the manga section immediately. Yuki giggled at the sight of him looking like a child on Christmas Morning and went to the novel section looking for a good book in order to pass time as they would be there for some time.

A while later Yuki found a book about nature which contained lots of beautiful pictures of scenery from all around the world. She didn't know why, but she had always liked those kinds of books. Not long after she sat down on a table to read Ichijo came along as well, his arms laden with different mangas.

They read for a while with Ichijo occasionally interrupting her to show her something funny in the manga he was currently reading, when they saw that they had been there for over an hour and decided that they would leave.

Paying for their separate books and mangas they walked through the streets, looking around at the different stores here and there. After about an hour of that as well the clock was nearing six so they went to a restaurant that Ichijo was fond of.

When they entered a waiter came and directed them to a private table as requested by Ichijo. They were given menus and the waiter left while they decided. After they had made their decisions the waiter came back and they ordered a glass of water each to their meals.

Receiving the food and drink the waiter left them alone to themselves. Yuki and Ichijo both dropped a blood tablet into their drinks before starting to eat. They chatted a bit about their friends before Ichijo raised a question he had been dying to ask.

"Yuki-chan, what do you think about Kaname?" He asked curiously. Yuki, who had just taken another bite of her food, chewed and swallowed before answering. "Kuran-sempai? Hmm… I don't know. I haven't really seen him that much, let alone talked to him, to make an opinion. From what you've said about him he seems like a nice person though. But I do feel like he's a bit lonely." Yuki admitted. It was just a feeling she got from him, but she was so certain she was right it almost scared her.

Ichijo took a sip of his tablet water and said in a teasing voice, "He seems to have taken a rather keen interest in you though." At this Yuki blushed and looked to the side. "It's probably because I'm in the Day Class and not the Night Class and because I wasn't raised in vampire society like you." 'That and the fact that I'm the same as him.' She added in her head.

Takuma looked at her thoughtfully and said, "We could always invite him with us the next time we go out though. I'm not sure if he would come or not, but it's the thought that counts." Yuki nodded and they finished their meals in a comfortable silence, both in deep thought.

After Ichijo paid for the meals, he insisted saying that it was in order to keep a grasp on his waning pride as a noble, they headed back to the Academy. It was dark outside now so they weren't bothered by the sun, though it wasn't as if the two of them appeared very bothered before, but they had to keep their senses open to the possibility of roaming level E's.

Reaching the gates at eight o'clock and, after saying good bye, went to their separate dorms. When Yuki finally reached her room after having been ambushed by many Day Class females who all wanted to know every single detail of her and Ichijo's trip, she fell down on her bed in exhaustion.

Yori, who had been reading a book when she entered, put it down and asked, "Did everything go alright with you and Ichijo-sempai?" looking concernedly at her. Yuki raised her head and answered, "It went fine, it's just that when I entered the dorm I got harassed by fan girls." Yori nodded understandingly before going back to her book.

Yuki rose from the bed and went to prepare for bed; feeling extremely tired all of a sudden. When she went back to her bed she went under the covers and was out like a light.


Kaname was extremely depressed as he lay on the couch in his room. The curtains were drawn and the lack of light made the atmosphere in the room fitting to his mood. His gloomy state of mind came from the fact that Ichijo and his darling Yuki was on a date. He didn't know what possessed him to make a halfhearted attempt to cancel their meeting, but whatever it was was very powerful.

He knew that Yuki didn't remember their engagement, but it didn't make the pain of her having feelings for someone else less painful. He wished for nothing else than for her to be happy although it felt as though someone was ripping out his heart.

Ever since Ichijo had left he was been lying there thinking and wishing that it was him and not Ichijo who was accompanying Yuki, talking to her and making her laugh. He had always dreamed of taking her out and having fun with her both before and after her disappearance and it made it all the worse.

A little after eight Kaname heard the dorm's entrance doors open and Ichijo's presence could be felt. Kaname's mood darkened as he felt Ichijo walk towards him and the windows began shaking badly from his temper.

He felt Ichijo stop in front of his door and the knock just seconds later told him that he wished to come in. Tempted to tear his face in two when he entered Kaname calmed himself down and told Ichijo to come in.

"Good evening Kaname!" Was the first thing out of Ichijo's mouth when he entered. He was radiating happiness from his meeting and Kaname was sorely tempted to hit in the face until it could never show such emotions ever again.

Ichijo seemed to have noticed his dark mood and nervously asked, "Is something wrong?" Kaname answered as emotionlessly as always, "Nothing is wrong. I suppose you had a good time on your date?" At this Ichijo got a puzzled look on his face before he realized what he was talking about and almost fell down on the floor from laughing so hard. Kaname was both annoyed and intrigued by this and he looked expectantly at Ichijo until he stopped laughing and could breathe properly again.

"Yuki-chan and I haven't been on a date! We just went out as friends as we have done lots of times before." Ichijo said and then fell down with laughter again. One would imagine Kaname being bad about the fact that he was being laughed at (in his face no less), but the words Ichijo had just uttered was like the sweetest music to his ears.

Yuki didn't have feelings for somebody else so there was still a chance that they could be together.

Kaname was so immersed in his thoughts that he didn't notice that Ichijo had started to laugh twice as much as before from the pleased and slightly dreamy look on his face. After a few minutes Takuma regained control of himself, though he almost lost it again as Kaname still had that dreamy look. He rose from the floor and went to stand in front of Kaname. "Kaname." Takuma called.

Kaname looked at Ichijo expectantly and he said, "When Yuki and I was in town we were talking about going again sometime and I asked her if I could invite you along." Kaname looked at him and said, "And what did she answer?" hoping he didn't sound as eager as he felt. From the look on Ichijo's face though he probably failed.

"She agreed to let me ask you. So will you some with us if you have time?" Ichijo asked. Kaname answered almost immediately, "I will think about it", but Takuma was sure he would reschedule his day if it became necessary. Bidding him good bye Takuma left the room and went to his own to take a bath and read some of his new manga.

Back in Kaname's room the atmosphere was suddenly much lighter and Kaname himself had abandoned his seat on the couch to walk into his room and look at his newest pictures. Next to the old picture of Yuki was a new one he had secretly taken a few weeks back. It was during her prefect duties when she was walking by the school building. He smiled at it then walked to his office.

He had to make a call.


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